The Tropic Dawn and the Banker Bostwick's Shadow
Longwood recalls a Tropic Dawn tale from the panic era as he climbs from printing to power while facing banker Bostwick’s coercive schemes. A San Francisco noir thread runs through schemes, ships blown apart, and sudden violence as creditors tighten. Longwood grows prosperous yet haunted by the Tropic Dawn legend and its implications for his fate.
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Bostwick
New York
National
Commercial Drummers’ Association
London
Paris
Berlin
Europe
Apostle Paul
Longwood
Lim
San Francisco
Boston
Market Street
Fortunatus
Oakland
Palace Hotel
Presidio
Pitiful eczema relief with Cuticura on infant
Mrs. T. B. Rosser of Mill Hall Pa describes a baby born with spreading eczema covering eyes ears scalp and body. After eight weeks with bandages and a generic diagnosis the child improved only after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, hair loss reversed and full recovery within four weeks. Sample offer included.
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T. B. Rosser
Mill Hall
Lovers Lane Crowded With Checks At Hotel
A scene on the hotel piazza features a diffident young man asking the location of lovers lane. An answer directs them toward a crowded spot where a barber shop porter gives guests checks to ensure each man has his turn.
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Callao
England
Bill
Bill Brown
Kentucky
Santiago
Sahara Desert
Longwood
Lovers’ Lane
Allen's Foot-Ease Antiseptic Powder Ad
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for corns bunions ingrown nails and sweaty feet. Claims relief for blisters callouses and swollen feet. Sells for 25 cents with free samples and address in Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Right to a Dot Water Metaphor Quip
A brief quip from the Christian Advocate uses a playful exchange about Niagara Falls water, with a man claiming to know its flow in quarts and a woman asking for the exact amount. It reads as a light aside in a devotional or humorous column.
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Niagara Falls
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets touted as easy to take candy style remedy
An old advertisement claims Dr Pierce’s Pellets regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation describing them as sugar coated and easy to swallow like candy.
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Dr. Pierce
Man Cannot Depend On Grass Widow For Grave Care
A wry saying notes that a man cannot rely on a grass widow to keep his grave in good condition, implying caution about relying on others for afterlife upkeep.
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Joseph B. Bowles
Cove of Rest
Water Front
Canton
Chile
United States
Eczema
Carter
Carters
DAISY FLY_KILLER
Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Vernon
Fae
Underiaig
Washington
Potyneral
Rit x
Wult'suyone
Codar Fells
Lowe
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